This week on Getting Curious, we’re traveling back to Early China with Professor Jue Guo. She and Jonathan discuss dynasties, empires, early instances of written language, and so much more. And because curiosity can’t always be contained to 40 minutes—okay, more like an hour and fifteen minutes—we’re planning a follow-up episode with Professor Guo. Make sure ... Show More
Mar 11
Dopamine Dressing: How Clothes Can Boost Your Mood with Marie Claire’s Editor-in-Chief (Nikki Ogunnaike)
What if getting dressed could actually help you feel better? This week, JVN sits down with Marie Claire Editor-in-Chief Nikki Ogunnaike to talk about dopamine dressing, personal style, and why fashion is so much deeper than just clothes. Together, they get into how to figure out ... Show More
40m 55s
Mar 9
WMD Playbook, Escalation in Iran, Daylight Savings
This week we’re talking: prepping for the Hot & Healed comedy tour, self-tape adventures, new Instagram follows, shopping quirks, our weekly spelling bee, dermatologist updates, geopolitical reflections on the military action Iran, answering your listener questions, and of course ... Show More
29m 33s
Oct 2019
#2: How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Sing in Mandarin.
<p>On air October 28th, 2019. Recorded October 20th, 2019.</p>
<p>Gio Esposito joins Patricia to recap their experiences debuting a choral work in Chinese at Carnegie Hall earlier in the month. Written by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Zhou Long, <em>Men of Steel and the Golden ... Show More
1h 15m
Oct 2019
Welcome to the Bad Chinese Teacher Podcast
<p>On air October 25th, 2019. Recorded October 19th, 2019.</p>
<p>There are so many — SO MANY — people learning Chinese these days, but there’s so much more to learning Chinese than just, like, memorizing characters. Taiwanese-American millennial Patricia Liu is an actual, living ... Show More
1m 23s
Feb 2017
CBC 1.02 | Greetings and introductions in Mandarin
<p>It's time for another lesson of Coffee Break Chinese in which you can join teacher Crystal and learner Mark and learn Mandarin Chinese. In lesson 2, you'll review what you covered in lesson 1, you'll learn about greetings at different times of the day, and you'll learn to intr ... Show More
23m 50s
